Escaping death should have been the final act of Commander Faith Benson's career. Resuscitation technology makes death temporary for essential personnel, and after her run-in with Azoren Federation Marines, Faith finds herself in that position. But she's revived for a specific purpose: a mission that's just as hopeless as the one that killed the Pandora crew. Once again, she's sent into Azoren Fedaration space, only this time she's in command of a cobbled-together task force. Their orders: rescue vital intelligence data from a secret base just beyond the demilitarized zone. But the mission is compromised from the start, another disastrous mess put together by rival intelligence agencies. Beneath each layer of lies and deception, Faith finds only more betrayal. To prevent war, she must forge her own path, even if it means destroying her career.
